What is the upgrade path for my TippingPoint SMS device?

Before you download and install a new version of SMS software, make note of the following:

Installing a new version of SMS causes the SMS server to reboot and close all client connections.
When the SMS Server is unavailable during the reboot process, the availability and operations of TippingPoint devices managed by SMS are unaffected. IPS and other devices continue to operate as usual and without interruption.
When you upgrade the SMS server, you will be unable to connect to the server through the SMS client until you have upgraded the SMS client software. However, you can view detailed upgrade status from the local VGA console.
SMS requires ports 9033 and 10042 to be opened for proper operation.
SMS/vSMS v4.1.0 and higher, supports direct migration to SMS/vSMS v4.6.0 by performing an incremental upgrade.
Before performing an SMS upgrade, you must disable High Availability (HA). The process for upgrading an HA cluster is to break down the cluster, upgrade each SMS individually, and then re-establish the cluster.

Depending on your download speed, the update process takes approximately 90 minutes. The following table provides a summary of the process with estimated times
Step	Task	Manual or Automatic	Estimated Time	Link Status
1	Download the package	Manual	Varies	Up
2	Install the package	Manual	5-25 minutes	Up
3	Reboot. Update the system	Automatic	15-25 minutes	Down
4	Reboot. Migrate database	Automatic	10-30 minutes	Down
5	Migrate Event Data**	Automatic	Varies	Up

SMS TOS Upgrade Path
Device	Current TOS	Intermediate TOS	Final TOS
SMS	4.0.0¹	4.1.0	SMS 4.6.0
	4.1.0	→
	4.2.0
	4.2.1²
	4.3.0
	4.4.0
	4.5.0
vSMS⁴	4.0.0¹	4.1.0	vSMS 4.6.0
	4.1.0³	→
	4.2.0³
	4.3.0³
	4.4.0³
	4.5.0³
Note 1: End-Of-Life Note 2: Operating System for SMS G9 Server (HP-DL360-G9, HP-DL380-G9). Note 3: The vSMS platform can be upgraded to 4.6.0 with the incremental upgrade package. Note 4: You must deploy the vSMS Open Virtualization Format (OVF) file using VMware vCenter Server. Deploying the OVF file directly through ESX/ESXi utilities is not supported.

Product Version Compatibility
Product	SMS v4.6	SMS v4.5	SMS v4.4	SMS v4.3	SMS v4.2.1¹	SMS v4.2	SMS v4.1	SMS v4.0
Support Status	Supported	Supported	Supported	EOS JUN/30/2018	EOS AUG/30/2017	EOS AUG/30/2017	EOS AUG/30/2017	Not supported
Direct migration to SMS v4.6?	N/A	Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported	Not supported
vTPS	TOS v4.2.x and earlier	TOS v4.2.x and earlier	TOS v4.0.2 and earlier	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
TPS	TOS v4.2.x and earlier	TOS v4.2.x and earlier	TOS v4.1.0² and earlier	TOS v4.0.0	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
IPS	TOS v3.9.1 and earlier	TOS v3.9.1 and earlier	TOS v3.8.x and earlier	TOS v3.8.x and earlier	TOS v3.8.x and earlier ³	TOS v3.8.x and earlier ³	TOS v3.7.x and earlier	TOS v3.6.x and earlier
NGFW	TOS v1.2.3 and earlier	TOS v1.2.3 and earlier	TOS v1.2.3 and earlier	TOS v1.2.0 and earlier	TOS v1.1.1 and earlier	TOS v1.1.1 and earlier	TOS v1.1.0 and earlier	TOS v1.0.0
Identity Agent	TOS v1.0.0	TOS v1.0.0	TOS v1.0.0	TOS v1.0.0	TOS v1.0.0	TOS v1.0.0	Not supported	Not supported
Note 1: SMS v4.2.1 is factory installed on new Gen9 hardware. Note 2: SSL Inspection is only supported in 2200T device. Note 3: All features except for TACACS+ which is supported in SMS v4.2.1 and earlier.